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Eden Mennonite Church (Moundridge, Kansas, USA)
Eden Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA), located at 401 18th Avenue, Moundridge, Kansas (four miles west, two miles north of Moundridge), was organized in 1895 as the Hoffnungsfeld-Eden Mennonite Church; this was changed in 1924 to the present name. The congregation joined the Western District Conference in 1895 and the General Conference Mennonite Church in 1896.
n 1882 the Hoffnungsfeld (Hopefield) Congregation erected a church three and one-half miles west and one-half mile north of present-day Moundridge. In 1895 differences within the group led to the formation of a second congregation known as Hoffnungsfeld-Eden. For several years the two groups worshiped in the same building on alternate Sundays, but in June, 1898 this new congregation dedicated its own worship center located one-half mile west of the original church building.
As the need for larger facilities became apparent, the congregation moved to a new building at the present site. At this time the congregational name was changed to Eden Mennonite Church. This building was enlarged and remodeled in 1949. The church maintained an Activity Center, which includes a gym, kitchen and meeting rooms, located one-half mile south of the church site, utilizing the facilities originally designed for a 4-teacher rural school.
On 25 January 1988 the Eden church building was totally destroyed by fire. The congregation voted to rebuild at the same location and ground-breaking took place on 21 August 1988. During the two intervening years worship services were held at Moundridge High School. Dedication of the new meeting-house was held 25 March 1990.
Ministers who served the church up to 1955 were Peter M. Krehbiel, Peter Stucky, C. J. Goering, Phil Wedel, and Walter Gering, the latter serving as elder 1937-1950. C. J. Goering served as elder 1901-1937. The congregation is of Swiss background, having immigrated to the present location in 1874 from Volhynia, Russia, where they were a part of four main communities formed by settlers from France, the Palatinate, and Switzerland. The most common names in 1955 were Goering, Kaufman, Krehbiel, Schrag, Stucky, Waltner, Wedel, and Zerger. The membership in 1955 was 777. Peter J. Dyck accepted the call as pastor of the church in 1950.
Eden Mennonite Church Historical Committee. "Church History." Web. 12 August 2007. http://edenmennonite.org/Historical_Committee.
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Gering, William. "Eden Mennonite Church (Moundridge, Kansas, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 19 Sep 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Eden_Mennonite_Church_(Moundridge,_Kansas,_USA)&oldid=91633.
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Gering, William. (1956). Eden Mennonite Church (Moundridge, Kansas, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 September 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Eden_Mennonite_Church_(Moundridge,_Kansas,_USA)&oldid=91633.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 146. All rights reserved.
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What Does Your Blood Type Say About Your Personality?
January is National Blood Donor Month. As you open up a vein for someone in need, ponder what your blood type may say about you. That is until you feel faint and should decide what kind of free cookie to have.

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As an openly gay man and progressive elected official, I am weary of anything that smacks of fundamentalism or other form of extremism.
That is why I thought carefully about the reasons I support the Islamic Center. I did not find anything in the building of the Islamic Center or the people behind it that indicated extremism or even insensitivity. New York City has a wonderful opportunity to lead the world on interfaith dialogue and understanding.
From the Flushing Remonstrance to one of the first woman-led Islamic prayer services in modern times, New York has been the site of many milestones in the history of religious freedom.
Muslims died that terrible day in 2001 seared forever in our memories. Their families suffer just as much as every other family affected. To say one families' grief is more worthy of public recognition and deference shows a deep insensitivity and, more troubling, a failure to recognize our neighbor's pain simply because of their religion.
We mourn with Muslims. We remember with Muslims. We work with Muslims to make sure this never happens again. That is why I welcome the Islamic Center and any other effort to strengthen the freedoms that make our country great.
With the historical memory of nations ripped apart by religious strife, the Founding Fathers drafted our Constitution, including the First Amendment protections of religion. Like those bloody European conflicts, a violent interpretation of religious text and tradition provided the ideological ammunition on 9/11.
The proof of the wisdom of the First Amendment is the myriad of religions in this country that have coexisted with a harmony barely imaginable over two hundred years ago. As many disagreements we might have with certain adherents and leaders, we can never deny them the right to worship how they please.
One of the most transformative moments I have witnessed in my life happened on the campaign trail last year as I was running for City Council.
A young Muslim woman wearing a hijab attended a candidates' night in our local synagogue. She enthusiastically greeted my responses to questions posed by the moderator and audience members. While I appreciated the support as a political candidate, I thought about how proud I was to be a New Yorker.
Here I was, the founder of Queens LGBT Pride being cheered on by a hijab-wearing Muslim woman in a Jewish place of worship!
The dialogue that will move all of us forward begins in such moments. The healing that so many Muslims and non-Muslims crave begins in such moments. For me "healing" after 9/11 means celebrating and learning about difference but also drawing together around a common humanity. Would this not irk the Taliban and Al Qaeda more than anything?
Such a clarion vision is not simply pie-in-the-sky idealism. Practically speaking, such "healing" is necessary to reduce the very real threat that radicalization poses. Muslim places of worship that reach out to the wider community are not the threat.
Quite the opposite, they are critical to the healing that can begin here and spread to the corners of the globe where they are so desperately needed.
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Former Blackburn Rovers footballer Colin Kazim-Richards has been found guilty of making a homophobic gesture at a match while playing against one of his previous clubs.
In the first case of this kind to reach court, the 27-year-old claimed he was bantering with the crowd when he allegedly made a homophobic gesture towards them while playing against Brighton and Hove Albion.
But magistrate Darren Reynolds, sitting at Brighton Magistrates' Court, told the footballer they accepted the evidence of the four prosecution witnesses and said: "We find that these gestures were insulting and believe that you were aware that such gestures would be insulting."
Kazim-Richards was fined £750, ordered to pay £620 court costs and a £75 victim surcharge after being found guilty of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, or disorderly behaviour, within the sight or hearing of a person, likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
He refused to speak to waiting media as he left the court building through a side entrance and got into a taxi.
Following the court's verdict, the player's barrister Stan Reiz said he would be appealing against the conviction.
The father of two young children, who was known as the Coca Cola Kid after being bought by Brighton and Hove Albion with proceeds won in a competition run by the drinks company, was on loan to Blackburn when he was seen making the gestures during Blackburn's Championship match against Brighton and Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium on February 12 last year.
Dressed in a navy blue suit and tie, the player, who gave his address as Bishops Stortford but who currently lives in Turkey, said he was being booed and being called names when he turned around and made a "wanker" gesture behind his back to the crowd to join in with their banter, the court heard.
Kazim-Richards demonstrated to the magistrates the sign he had made behind his back and told them: "I was interacting with the fans. I was basically doing what they were doing to me.
"I was having a bit of banter back."
Prosecutor Simon Allen told the court that the player had mimicked pulling his shorts down, put his left arm behind his bottom and made a homophobic gesture towards the Brighton and Hove Albion crowd.
At one point he was seen by a witness backing into Brighton player Wayne Bridge and simulating a sex act which was deemed to be homophobic, the court was told.
Mr Allen said the Brighton and Hove Albion fans were chanting "you fat bastard" and "you're fat and you know you are" at him.
He said: "It seems that the player reacted to this and he mimicked pulling down his shorts and with his left hand behind his back mimicked that he had something in his hand and moved it back and forward."
Mr Allen said that each time he did this the chants from the crowd grew louder.
Christopher Cannon and his son Daryl, who were working as match day press stewards at the Amex, told the court they saw Kazim-Richards make the gesture more than once, found it offensive and perceived it to be homophobic.
Mr Cannon junior said: "I perceived it as a very wrong thing to do, particularly for someone who's involved with the Kick It Out Campaign.
"Racism and homophobia are on the same level."
Season ticket holder Darren Hastings said he noticed Kazim-Richards make the obscene gesture four or five times during the match.
He said he was disappointed that neither the linesman or referee reacted to what was going on and said: "It was utterly disgusting.
"I understand that football players receive a number of gestures or comments from the crowd but I certainly did not expect to see a football player perform that gesture on the pitch."
But London-born Kazim-Richards, who now plays for Turkish club Bursaspor, said he did not agree with discrimination in "any shape or form" and told the court he had been an ambassador for the Kick It Out Campaign.
He described himself as a "flamboyant" player who had interacted with the crowd to "acknowledge" and "accept" the banter but that he would never make a homophobic gesture.
Mr Reiz said that hand gestures were made during football matches all the time and that due to Brighton having a large gay community an innocent hand gesture made behind his back had been perceived as being homophobic.
He said that Kazim-Richards "promoted diversity" and that for him to put that to one side to make a homophobic gesture "beggared belief".
The court also heard from three character witnesses who described Kazim-Richards as polite, approachable and respectful.
Outside court, Pc Darren Balkham, football liaison officer for Sussex Police and Brighton and Hove Albion, said they hoped that today's conviction would show that homophobia was not acceptable on the terraces or in society.
He said: "The Brighton fans have been subjected to a lot of homophobic abuse over many years and this was somewhat of a test case involving a professional footballer."
Pc Balkham said Kazim-Richard's actions stepped over the line of what was reasonable and acceptable banter at a football match and added that it was not acceptable to do something like that on the pitch.
He said: "This was the first case where a professional footballer has been convicted of making a homophobic gesture towards the crowd.
"I have been doing this job for 15 seasons and Brighton fans have been subjected during that time to pockets of homophobic abuse around the country.
"We are where racism was 20 years ago but I do not think it is going to take us 20 years to catch up with society as it is today.
"We deal with homophobic incidents day in, day out. On the football side of it, we have had to educate people.
"Colin Kazim-Richards played for Brighton. He knew what Brighton is about and he admitted that in court.
"People do things in the heat of the moment but when you are on show like a professional footballer is, you are always on show.
"When you do something like this, you have to take the consequences."
Pc Balkham said he had been in constant contact with the Football Association, which had told him it would not be taking any action until the court case concluded.
But he said it had little power to do anything now the footballer plays in Turkey.


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Brooks: Boyle Says Scott's Status Remains Day-To-Day
BOULDER - Colorado basketball coach Tad Boyle on Monday said freshman Josh Scott "is going to be fine" but remains day-to-day with concussion symptoms following his injury during Saturday's loss to Arizona State.
"We don't really know anything more (Monday) than we did after the game, but he's going to be fine," Boyle said. "He's working with the trainers and will be back as soon as possible. I don't have a timeline on that; I don't know if it's tomorrow or the next day or the day after. I'd say he's day-to-day."
CU plays Utah on Thursday (8:05 p.m., Pac-12 Network) at the Coors Events Center. The Utes defeated the Buffaloes 58-55 on Feb. 2 in Salt Lake City.
The 6-10, 215-pound Scott was injured in the second half of Saturday's 63-62 overtime loss to the Sun Devils. About four minutes into the half, Scott became entangled under the basket with ASU's 7-2, 250-pound Jordan Bachysnski and received an elbow to the head. Scott was taken to the CU locker room and did not return to the game.
With Scott's status undetermined, the Buffs could be leaning more on 6-11, 250-pound junior Shane Harris-Tunks, who played 12 minutes (no points, two rebounds, one assist, three fouls) against ASU. Boyle said Harris-Tunks "is going to be critical for us as we come down the stretch . . . you can make an argument that he's the most critical guy coming off our bench. When he plays well, our team plays well."
Boyle referenced Harris-Tunks' role in CU's 70-61 win against now-No. 22 Colorado State, noting Harris-Tunks "really helped us" against the Rams' 6-11 Colt Iverson. Boyle's requirements for Harris-Tunks' playing time: "As long as he defends and rebounds . . . he's a great passer, a great screener, he can score on the block - which he's shown he can do. He does so many things to help the team. Down the stretch last year he played well for us (and) we need him to do that this year."
Scott was not available after Monday afternoon's light practice, which Boyle said was designed "to get the kinks out" after the team took Sunday off. The Buffs lifted weights, shot and had team meetings in two groups.
"I just want to make sure these guys are mentally, physically healed and ready to go down the stretch," Boyle said. "Sometimes I don't think a back-breaking practice is the way to go (Monday), so we didn't. We gave them their legs back (but) got them back in the weight room . . . after the Arizona State game we could use some time in the weight room to get stronger and bigger."
After reviewing the tape of what he called the most physical game he had been a part of - "high school, college or YMCA" - Boyle said he spoke for "about an hour" on Monday with Ed Rush, the Pac-12 Conference's coordinator of officials. Boyle implied the conversation was cordial but did not disclose specifics.
GOOD FINISH NEEDED (AGAIN): Saturday's loss to the Sun Devils leaves the Buffs tied for fourth place with Southern California - each is 7-6 - in the Pac-12 standings. ASU, which swept the series with CU, is 8-5 and tied for third with California. Arizona and UCLA - both are 9-4 - are in second place behind 10-3 Oregon.
The Buffs have defeated three of the five teams ahead of them (Oregon, Arizona, Cal), with second games still to play against the Bears (at Berkeley, March 2) and the Ducks (CEC, March 7). ASU closes out the regular season with games at UCLA, USC and Arizona.
After Thursday night's visit by Utah, CU travels to Stanford (Feb. 27) and Cal (March 2) before closing regular-season play in the CEC against Oregon (March 7) and Oregon State (March 9).
Last season, the Buffs lost three of four games to close the regular season before winning four games in four nights to claim the Pac-12 tournament championship in Los Angeles.
Boyle said drawing anything from last season's final four games to apply this season would be impossible because, "It's different - a different team, a different year. We haven't played our last four games yet so it's hard to compare the two. I just know the difference between last year's team and this year's team to me is that it seemed like in close games last year when we needed to get a stop, we got stops. This year's team - sometimes it has, sometimes it hasn't. When we have we've been successful."
"SKY'S THE LIMIT" FOR DINWIDDIE: Sophomore Spencer Dinwiddie has averaged 23 points in his last three games and is playing as well as any guard in the Pac-12 on the offensive end. He's 31-of-31 from the free throw line over the past three games.
Boyle said Dinwiddie has "always been a confident guy in his abilities. What I've noticed now is that confidence is backed up with production. It's one thing to be confident and think you're good - and maybe you can talk about how good you are, which I like. But the most important thing is that you play good. And he's done that recently."
As for Dinwiddie's NBA potential, Boyle said, "The sky's the limit for Spencer. He's a 6-6 guard with great skills. He's still got a lot of room for improvement, but the sky's the limit for Spencer. He can be as good as he wants to be. I really believe that because he's got all the physical tools and the mental makeup."
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The Talley family has a long history in Berrien County, GA. Reverend Nathan Talley came, from Greene County, GA to Berrien County with his wife, Martha Travis some time in the 1850s. The Methodist minister resided in the vicinity of Ray's Mill. He was a neighbor of Keziah Knight, daughter of William Anderson Knight, and her husband Allen Jones. Also residing with the Talleys was Dr. John W. Turner. In 1861, Reverend Talley was serving as minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Milltown (now Lakeland), GA. He gave the invocation and led hymns for the Grand Military Rally for the Berrien Minute Men at Milltown, GA on May 17, 1861.
Two of Reverend Talley's own sons were among the medical men of Berrien County.
Dr. Hamilton M. Talley practiced medicine in Nashville and Valdosta, and also called on residents of Ray's Mill (now Ray City), GA. In the Civil War, Dr. H.M. Talley served as Captain of Company E, 54th Georgia Regiment, one of the infantry units raised in Berrien County.
Dr. James W. Talley, had a medical practice in Milltown (now Lakeland), GA.
The following biographical sketch of James W. Talley was written just before his death:
James W. Talley, M.D., was born February 22, 1826 in Henry county, GA, not far from Atlanta, and is of English ancestry. His grandfather, with two brothers, came to this country, and the former, Caleb Talley, after serving during the revolutionary war, settled in Virginia. He was the father of seven sons, five of whom were Methodist ministers. One of these, Rev. Nathan Talley, of Green County, GA, was the father of James W. Talley. The later received a good academic education, and in 1850 began the study of medicine under Dr. William Blalock, of Fayetteville, GA. In 1851, he entered the Medical College of Georgia, at Augusta, but took his degree from Savannah Medical College.
He located in Milltown, Berrien, Co., where he has built up one of the most successful and extensive country practices in the state. During the war, Dr. Talley was exempted from military duty on account of his profession. Politically he is a democrat. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of lodge No. 211, has been grand master, and is now past master. One of Dr. Talley's brothers, H. M. Talley, is also a physician at Valdosta. Another, A.S. [Algernon] Talley, is a real estate agent in Atlanta. For his first wife, Dr. Talley married Miss Mary Little, daughter of Zabot Little, of Henry county. She died in 1867, and he afterward married Miss M. [Araminta Mississippi] Holzendorf, daughter of Alexander Holzendorf, of Cumberland Island, one of the best known planters in the state. [Her brother, Robert Stafford Holzendorf married Satira Lovejoy Lamb, widow of Major John C. Lamb who commanded the 29th Georgia Regiment during the War.]
Dr. Talley's family consists of two sons and four daughters. His eldest son, Junius V., born May 8, 1872, graduated from the Louisville Medical college in June 1894; William T., born August 30, 1875, at home, attending school. The eldest daughter, born in 1854, is the wife of Huffman Harroll, a merchant of Valdosta; Mary I., born in 1864, married J.H. Bostwick [Bostic], a manufacturer of naval stores in Berrien county [and a trustee of Oaklawn Academy]; Effie C., born November 5, 1870; Lelia H., born September 6, 1873, is the wife of J.J. Knight, a merchant of Milltown.
"According to Old Times There Are Not Forgotten, he [Dr. James W. Talley] built the bungalow still standing on the northeast corner of Main and Oak Streets and raised a family…" – Nell Roquemore
Dr. J. W. Talley's son, Dr. Junius V. "June" Talley, after graduating from Louisville Medical College returned to Milltown (now Lakeland), GA where he also took up practice.
In October 1894, Dr. J.W. Talley was elected to the executive committee of the short lived Berrien County Prohibition Association.
Dr. James W. Talley died November 25, 1895. An obituary was published in the Tifton Gazette.
Tifton Gazette
November 29, 1895
Dr. J. W. Talley Dead
Death has again visited our community, and claimed as its victim Dr. J. W. Talley. Dr. Talley came to this country in the year 1856, and has been a practicing physician here ever since. He was an exemplary citizen and a Christian gentleman, having joined the Methodist church in early boyhood, and leaves a large circle of relatives, friends and acquaintances, who were present today at his burial. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. E. L. Padrick and Rev. Wm. Talley, who read a short history of the deceased's life. The bereaved wife and children have the deepest sympathy of the entire community. BUTTERFLY.
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Padres-Tribe opener rained out; DH Wednesday
CLEVELAND -- The Indians are no stranger to inclement weather, but that does not make things any less frustrating for the club in the first week of the season. For the second time in the past seven days, Cleveland has had a game postponed due to rain.
With a steady rain falling on Progressive Field, and no clear window to play, the Indians' night game against the Padres was called Monday. The teams are scheduled to make up the contest as part of a traditional doubleheader Wednesday, beginning at 12:05 p.m. ET. The second game will start roughly 20 minutes after the first contest.
Indians starter Corey Kluber might be on the receiving end of some jokes from his teammates, considering he was the scheduled starter last Tuesday, when the Tribe's road game against the A's was postponed due to rain. It marked the first rainout at the Coliseum since 1998.
"I don't know if you can blame this one on Klubes," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "It seems like there's always a pitcher, though, that catches it."
Similar to the current situation, Cleveland and Oakland played a split doubleheader last Wednesday.
Rather than squeeze a game into the schedule later in the season, the Indians and Padres felt it made the most sense to make the game up during the current series. Under the Interleague format, San Diego is only scheduled to make one trip to Cleveland this season, complicating the timing of a makeup date later this year.
This represents San Diego's first trip to Cleveland since 2008.
"This is obviously the only time we're going to play San Diego," Francona said. "So it makes sense to play and not have them flying back on another day off. It's too easy to put it off until later. Then, all of a sudden you look, and there's a lot of laters. I think making it up now makes sense."
Kluber is scheduled to take the mound for the Indians on Tuesday and right-hander Zach McAllister will have his start pushed to Wednesday for the first of the two scheduled games. Francona indicated that Cleveland would likely promote a pitcher from the Minor Leagues to start Wednesday's second game.
The Indians have not announced who will come up for that outing, but Wednesday is Triple-A Columbus right-hander Trevor Bauer's scheduled day to start. Bauer and right-hander Josh Tomlin would presumably be the top two candidates to take the mound for the Indians in that game.
Fans holding tickets for Monday's game, and hoping to attend Wednesday's doubleheader, must exchange their ticket at the Progressive Field box office. All tickets for Wednesday will include two games for the cost of one. Fans unable to attend Wednesday can exchange their tickets -- subject to availability -- for many of the remaining home games, but must exchange tickets by May 31.
More information on exchanging tickets can be found at indians.com/schedulechanges.
The Indians, and their local fans, are used to this sort of situation.
"I feel like it's going to be like this the whole season, man," Indians catcher Yan Gomes said with a laugh. "Last year, I think there were like 16 days in a row it rained or did something. Obviously, you try to get games in, but you can't control the rain."


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Gang Gang Dance dabbles with genres enough to earn the normally dubious tag "experimental." But the Brooklyn quartet is rooted in post-punk, and on its fifth full-length, it evokes a number of '80s touchstones, from the cobwebbed vocal echo and Dracula-coated synths of the self-explanatory "Adult Goth" to "Chinese High," where ping-ponging blips and Lizzi Bougatsos' keenly pitched vocals play as a tribute to any number of new-wave one-hit wonders. The crucial difference is that new wave was the province of song bands; Gang Gang Dance isn't a jam band in the Grateful Dead mode, but stretching out is one of its top priorities, and the band writes its material by playing to tape and expanding the best parts. The result seems loose even when the tempos are fast, as on "MindKilla," which follows the toe-dips the band made into house music and grime on 2008's Saint Dymphna by adapting an old rave-anthem slogan for its hook (from Eon's "Fear: The Mindkiller") and featuring a glitchy synth breakdown.
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(AP) -- Tim Tebow is one and done in New York.
No more constant questions about his uncertain role with the Jets. No more criticism of the mostly nonexistent wildcat offense. No more shirtless jogs in the rain after practice.
Now, the popular but polarizing quarterback is left to wonder what's left of his NFL career.
Tebow was waived by the Jets on Monday morning when he showed up at the team's facility ready to work out, the end of an embarrassingly unsuccessful one-season experiment in New York that produced more hype and headlines than production on the field.
"Unfortunately," coach Rex Ryan said in a three-paragraph news release issued by the team, "things did not work out the way we all had hoped."
It also left Tebow's football future very much in doubt.
"If he were to happen to call me, I would say, 'Look, you're starting over,'" former NFL GM Ted Sundquist said. "Tim Tebow needs to redefine who Tim Tebow is, in my opinion. He's no longer a first-round quarterback."
That's quite a fall for a player who came to New York in March 2012 as perhaps the biggest thing to hit Broadway since Joe Namath himself.
There were billboards outside the Lincoln Tunnel in New Jersey welcoming Tebow, and sandwiches named after him at Manhattan delis. He also had a legion of fans who followed him because of his strong Christian beliefs, and in New York, he would be able to take advantage of countless media and marketing opportunities.
And then, it all went terribly wrong.
Or, more like it, the whole idea was completely flawed from the start. For Tebow. And for the Jets.
"I think it's fair to say," Tebow said at the end of last season, "that I'm a little disappointed."
A year after he threw a TD pass to win a playoff game in overtime for Denver, the Heisman Trophy winner with two championships at Florida and a nationwide following may have suited up for the last time.
"I don't see any team giving him a chance because teams don't want to deal with the following that comes with Tebow," ESPN analyst and former NFL offensive lineman Damien Woody said. "Maybe Canada."
No NFL team has made a pitch to get him. The only nibble so far came from the Montreal Alouettes. They hold his rights in the Canadian Football League and said he could come compete for a job -- as a backup.
Tebow took to Twitter a few hours after being waived, citing a Bible verse: "Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding," Tebow wrote, "in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."
The Jacksonville Jaguars have already ruled themselves out of giving Tebow a happy homecoming. But maybe the Chicago Bears, whose new head coach Marc Trestman tutored Tebow before the NFL draft in 2010, could give him a look as their backup.
Perhaps the San Diego Chargers would take a chance on him, adding to the circus-like atmosphere they'll likely endure after drafting Manti Te'o. New coach Mike McCoy was Tebow's offensive coordinator in Denver during the 2011 season, when the quarterback took over the offense and led the Broncos to comeback after comeback.
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What about Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots? It would certainly give Belichick another chance to tweak the Jets.
As far as the CFL, it's anyone's guess as to whether Tebow would even be open to a move north of the border.
"If you can find a club that's mature enough to handle it as an organization, then you're going to find the right spot for him," Sundquist said. "What I mean by that is all the media mania and that sort of thing."
Tebow was brought to New York to be a dynamic addition to the offense, a complement to Mark Sanchez and a merchandising touchdown for the Jets. Instead, he attempted just eight passes for 39 yards and rushed 32 times for 102 yards -- and stunningly had no touchdowns.
The move to part ways had been expected for months, and the decision was sealed when new general manager John Idzik took former West Virginia star Geno Smith in the second round of the NFL draft Friday, giving New York six quarterbacks on its roster at the time -- and creating uncertainty about Sanchez's future, as well.
"Had this happened back in February, Tim might have had a chance to at least participate in free agency," said 2002 NFL MVP quarterback Rich Gannon, now an analyst for CBS Sports and SiriusXM NFL Radio. "I don't think there would have been a strong market for him, but at least he would've had that opportunity."
Gannon added that it's an even tougher situation for Tebow now because more than 20 quarterbacks were either drafted or signed as undrafted free agents in the last few days.
"Look, it's a two-way street, though," Gannon said. "It's a business. The Jets were trying to find somebody, a dance partner. Sometimes that goes into the draft and teams are calling around. I'm sure the Jets were trying to shop Tebow, and I'm sure they kept getting denied."
This is the same guy who led the Broncos to the postseason in 2011, but became expendable when Denver signed Peyton Manning as a free agent. Tebow was acquired by the Jets for a fourth-round draft pick and $1.5 million in salary. He was introduced at the Jets' facility to plenty of fanfare at a lavish news conference, with Tebow repeatedly saying he was "excited" to be in New York.
It turned out to be one of the few high points in Tebow's stay with the Jets. Along with that shirtless jog from the practice field in the rain during training camp, of course.
The Jets never figured out a way to use Tebow effectively, and he never forced the issue by being a good enough player in practice to make Ryan and his coaches put him on the field more in games.
"He seems like a great kid," Sundquist said, "and it seems like he could bring some positives to a club if he can just bury this whole thing about him being in your quarterback mix and just let him be No. 39 on your roster, one of your back-end guys who can go somewhere and help you win."
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Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain in Review – The great-great-grandfather of Adventure/RPG has found its way to the "Jesus†phone
Back in the late seventies, when a computer was something out of a sci-fi movie and RPG was associated with pen-and-paper geeky games like Dungeons & Dragons a couple of British writers got together and started one of the most famous series of interactive gamebooks ever – Fighting Fantasy. These gamebooks allowed the reader to take part in the story that affected the course of it. And now the first one of the series – The Warlock of Firetop Mountain – has found its way to the iDevice.
Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, co-founders of Games Workshop, have made a great leap in popularizing the genre of interactive gamebooks and made the series with over 60 volumes. The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is one of the original seven authored by the masters themselves and is an exceptional representative of the series.
You are a hero and your goal is to defeat the evil warlock and get treasure. But this is quite unlike to RPG games most people are probably used to. For anyone unfamiliar with the genre I would strongly recommend to spend the time on going through the help section.
At the start of the game you roll your Skill (Attack), Stamina (Health) and Luck and choose a potion to help you along the way. The gaming process is broken down into pages, just like the original. On each page you get a description of the situation and one or more possible options on what to do next. Each option leads you to the next page. Sometimes you'll encounter monsters triggering the combat sequence or various traps and other object requiring you to roll the dice against your stats.
The combat sequence is quite simple. Both you and the monster roll the dice and then add the skill modifier to it. Which one is higher – hits. After the initial roll you may choose to roll the dice against your luck modifier to double or halve the damage (depends on whether you hit or vice versa). Rinse and repeat until either one of you is dead. Be careful with using luck though since every roll against it decreases the stat by 1, even if it was unsuccessful. Along the way you may find items that can add other options to combat, raise stats or simply help you along the way. Also make sure to tap any positive stat modifiers on the page to apply them, since the game does it automatically only for negative ones.
The interface looks great, the graphics are excellent. I especially liked the page flipping animation. You can tap and hold any picture and marvel as it is zoomed and coloured in. The dice also look excellent and I liked that you can use the accelerometer to shake them. A couple things the devs could improve on, however, is the option to turn off or at last speed up the combat sequence animations when the dice score is added up and  to add the auto-hit (if the enemy's combat roll ends up being less than your minimum possible roll). Also an automapping feature would be nice. While the help advises to draw a map on a piece of paper manually, since most of the time you'll be playing the iDevice is on the go, it proves to be quite impossible.
Playing Fighting Fantasy on the iDevice is almost like playing the real live gamebook. I immediately felt the memories of myself as a kid with a book, a piece of paper and a couple of dice spending the rainy evenings at my grandma's house. I think it's a must try for anyone who missed the experience altogether as well as a source of nostalgia for ones who spent hours on the interactive gamebooks.
With this I declare Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain officially touched!
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Special report: Can Japan find "New Deal" after triple whammy?
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TOKYO (Reuters) -- The Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima is built right on the shoreline in northeast Japan. So when an 8.9 magnitude earth quake struck on Friday, the tsunami waves it spawned – tall as a house and speeding like a jet plane – crashed over the reactors and put them at risk of a meltdown.Another hydrogen explosion rocked the plant on Monday while engineers were flooding the three reactors in the complex with sea water in a desperate attempt to prevent what was shaping up as the worst nuclear emergency since the Chernobyl disaster 25 years ago.
U.S. warships and planes helping the relief efforts have moved away from the coast temporarily because of low-level radiation from the stricken nuclear power plant, the U.S. Navy said on Monday. Singapore said it was checking Japanese food imports for radioactive contamination.
The nuclear crisis was a triple whammy for Japan, coming on top of the earthquake – the fifth strongest ever recorded – and one of the most powerful tsunami in history, which caused scenes of unimaginable destruction in northeast Japan.
Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the country was facing its biggest crisis since the end of the Second World War, which was when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
"We're under scrutiny on whether we, the Japanese people, can overcome this crisis," Kan told a Sunday night news conference, his voice rising with emotion.
The quake caused Japan's main island to shift 2.5 meters (8 feet) and moved the earth's axis 10 cm (2.5 inches), geologists say. The question now is whether the catastrophe will spur other seismic changes in Japan, which has yet to emerge from its "lost decades" of stagnant growth, aging population, and loss of international prestige following the collapse of the Japanese asset bubble in the early 1990s. At the very least, the drama at Fukushima is bound to shake the faith of many Japanese in the safety of their nuclear plants. The catastrophe will also sorely test Kan's deeply unpopular government. And the immense reconstruction effort that is coming may bring changes to rural Japan, where many of its older citizens live.
Kan flew over the stricken nuclear plant and quake-hit areas on Saturday morning after ordering an evacuation in the area. He borrowed a military camouflage jacket with the name tag "Miyamoto" for a brief visit to the stricken nuclear plants.
"I came to realize the huge magnitude of damage the tsunami has wrought," he told reporters on his return to Tokyo, this time wearing the blue uniform of the disaster response teams.
Just before the quake hit on Friday, he was sitting slumped in his seat parliament listening to opposition demands for his resignation over yet another Japanese political funding scandal. But on Sunday night he was urging the public not to be pessimistic because Japan will enjoy a "New Deal-like" economic recovery on the back of the massive reconstruction task ahead.
That must have sounded like cold comfort to millions left homeless and bereft in Japan's late winter countryside.
Earthquakes, a way of life in Japan
Earthquakes are a way of life in Japan, occurring on average every five minutes. By law, buildings are erected to withstand violent tremors. As office towers shook violently in Tokyo on Friday, people grabbed helmets and dove under their desks, hoping their quake-resistant buildings could withstand the damage. School children are drilled on what to do when a quake hits. Many households have survival kits.
This quake, however, was on a completely different scale, and left the country of 127 million people dazed and bewildered. The tsunami, a Japanese word meaning "harbor wave," surged through towns and cities, bulldozing everything in its path. A large freight ship was sitting incongruously in the streets of Kesennuma in hard-hit Miyagi prefecture. A wrecked airplane lay nose-deep in the rubble of homes in the port of Sendai.
"Is it a dream? I just feel like I'm in a movie or something," said Ichiro Sakamoto, 50, in Hitachi city, around 129 kms (80 miles) north of Tokyo, where fishing boats were tossed far inland by the series of three tsunami waves. A multistory building stood alone in a vast wasteland after the tsunami waves roared through the small coastal town of Rikuzentakata. Cars were piled atop one another, train carriages tossed carelessly aside.
More than 10,000 people are feared killed by the earthquake. But the number of missing is still in the tens of thousands and the death toll could soar.
A humanitarian relief operation of epic proportions was under way. The government was preparing to double to 100,000 the number of Self Defense forces being mobilized along with police, the Coast Guard, and disaster response teams.
The United States has sent nine warships with humanitarian aid, led by the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, underlining the close military ties with its Pacific ally.
Millions are spending the cold nights without water, electricity, homes or heat.
Survivors huddled under blankets in Rikuzentakata. Others stood in front of posters with a list of the dead and missing, some weeping. Many of them were middle aged or elderly, reflecting Japan's rapidly aging population.
Kazuaki Sakai, 70, said he watched from a hill as the tsunami waves roared into the town.
"First the sea pulled back so much that I could almost see the bottom. About 10 minutes after the quake the first (wave) hit and pulled back, and then the next wave hit about 10 meters high, completely black, making a whirlpool. Then that one pulled back and I could see the (sea) bottom again. That repeated for about 10 times in about a half-hour."
Michiko Yamada, 75, said she ran to the rooftop of a hospital and stayed there for 12 hours with her husband in complete darkness. "I ran away with what I'm wearing, barefoot. It was truly cold," she said at a middle school shelter in Rikuzentakata. "I don't have anything now. No money, no house. "I'm on way now to borrow socks from my relatives."
Many of the survivors appeared middle aged or elderly, reflecting Japan's aging demographic, particularly in rural areas where the average age of farmers is about 66.
The tsunami swept over a vast area of rural Japan, destroying an untold amount of rice paddy farmland.
This could accelerate changes affecting Japan's politically powerful farmers, whose average age is 66. They are protected by import tariffs in excess of 700 percent for polished rice. The government has been pushing to reform a sector that makes up just 1 percent of the economy by giving them greater scope to lease land to companies.
ECONOMIC IMPACT: Any dividend from reconstruction and reform looked distant on Monday. Japanese stocks fell 7.6 percent, on track for the biggest daily loss since October 2008, and bond yields rose as investors expected the disaster to take a huge economic toll and require heavy government borrowing.
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At least six Japanese seaports handling international trade have sustained major damage, with most likely to be out of operations for months, said an industry official on Monday. That could pose challenges for global supply chains.
The Bank of Japan pumped record funds into the banking system to shore up confidence on Monday. But the central bank said it was sticking to its view that the world's third largest economy would resume its moderate recovery, though output would fall in at least for the short term.
"Output is likely to fall for some time. We are also worried that corporate and household sentiment will worsen," the BOJ said in a statement after its board voted to double the 5 trillion fund pool put in place last October to support Japan's recovery after the global economic crisis.
The central bank said it was ready to throw 15 trillion yen ($183 billion) into the banking system to ensure markets function properly.
Most analysts agreed with Kan that Japan will eventually enjoy a boost from reconstruction, after suffering a temporary economic hit, with household consumption rising to replace damaged homes and goods.
"It is sufficiently possible to expect demand that should be called a restoration New Deal," Kan told his economic ministers.
But the cost of rebuilding will also worsen Japan's already worryingly high public debt burden, the largest among advanced economies and double the size of its $5 trillion gross domestic product.
Some economists said the scale of the disaster and its consequences remained far from clear, especially with the nuclear plants at risk.
"Not since the Cold War have I been asked to think about the economic consequences of a nuclear explosion in a densely populated area in a modern industrial economy," said Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics in New York. "I don't relish that task."
As for the world economy, Japan is not a major engine of global growth so the disaster poses less of a risk to other countries than soaring oil prices caused by turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa.
The "global economy will be fine," said Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Pierpont Securities in Stamford, Connecticut.
Hopes surfaced the disaster could end the debilitating political warfare that has prevented the government from crafting policies to cope with a bulging debt and fast-aging society.
But pessimists said chances were slim that rivals to the unpopular prime minister inside and outside his own party would keep off the gloves for long. Opposition parties are pressing the premier to call a snap election they think they could win, while critics in the ruling party want him to resign to improve their own chances.
Kan is already Japan's fifth leader since 2006. "Kan's government avoided a crisis due to this huge disaster," said independent political analyst Minoru Morita. "As long as media are reporting only about the disaster, Kan's government will be stable," he said. "Once the news returns to normal, criticism will emerge again."
A hydrogen explosion on Monday at the number 3 reactor raised concern the crisis is escalating, but experts insist a Chernobyl-style nuclear disaster can be averted.
Three units at the Fukushima Daiichi plant suffered loss of coolant to their reactors after the quake triggered automatic shutdown systems, and then the tsunami knocked out the backup generators.
So long as the thick containment walls shielding the reactor cores remain intact, even a meltdown of the nuclear fuel would not lead to a major escape of potentially dangerous radioactive clouds into the air.
"Everything I've seen says that the containment structure is operating as it's designed to operate. It's keeping the radiation in and it's holding everything in, which is the good news," said Murray Jennex, of San Diego State University. "This is nothing like a Chernobyl … at Chernobyl (in the Ukraine in 1986) you had no containment structure – when it blew, it blew everything straight out into the atmosphere."
The incident is the latest mishap in Japan's nuclear industry. The 40-year-old reactor facing a possible meltdown in Fukushima was originally scheduled to go out of commission in February but had its operating license extended another 10 years.
But the Japanese government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency approved Tokyo Electric's application to keep it hot after inspecting the facility, according to a statement on the Ministry of Trade Economy Industry's website (www.meti.go.jp/english/index).
The company has had a rocky past in an industry plagued by scandal. In 2002, the president of the country's largest power utility was forced to resign along with four other senior executives, taking responsibility for suspected falsification of nuclear plant safety records.
A few years later, it ran into trouble again over accusations of falsifying data.
The fallout from the Fukishima nuclear plant accident could well give fresh momentum to opponents of nuclear energy. The industry in the United States, for instance, has never really recovered from the Three Mile Island mishap in 1979.
Japan is one of the giants of the world nuclear industry, producing almost 30 percent of its electricity from the source. Ambitions to boost this to 50 percent by 2030 may now be called into question.
"The public demands nothing less than perfection from the nuclear industry in terms of safety," Reuters columnist Christopher Swann wrote. "That's particularly true in Japan, the only nation to have endured a nuclear attack. Fear of radiation is deep-seated in the country – just look at its great cinematic export, Godzilla movies


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Ross-on-Wye – the birthplace of tourism
There's no mistaking Ross-on-Wye in south Herefordshire as a market town. St Mary's Church spire has shaped the skyline of Ross-on-Wye for over 700 years.
Perched dramatically above the River Wye, Ross is the southern gateway to Herefordshire, the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean and the dramatic Symonds Yat. Hailed as the birthplace of modern tourism, Ross-on-Wye was central to the 18th Century Reverend Gilpin spotting a great opportunity and then establishing The Picturesque Wye Tour., it's no surprise that Ross on Wye has long been a magnet for visitors.
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If scenery that leaves you breathless is your thing, then a stop at The Prospect viewpoint in St Mary's Churchyard in Ross or a stroll along part of the Wye Valley Walk is a must. Take in the River Wye's horseshoe bend and the stunning south Herefordshire countryside.
A clear day offers views across to the Malverns in the east and Black Mountains in the west and the ever present May Hill just over the border into Gloucestershire. Many of the local hotels, guest houses, B&Bs and cottages have great views – and why wouldn't they in this wonderfully picturesque Herefordshire area on the borders of Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire.
History is our bread and butter
There's a rich local history in these 'ere parts with the 17th Century Market House in the very centre of Ross still sheltering twice weekly markets beneath its sandstone arches. As you stroll around Ross you can't but help come across the 'Man of Ross' – a 17th Century Philanthropist, Sir John Kyrle brought clean water and clean feet (when he built a causeway from the river crossing) to the town.
Follow the River Wye a few miles downstream to the 'Godric's Castle' – the original name for the English Heritage Goodrich Castle. Established in 1095 it stands majestically on a wooded hill commanding the passage of the River Wye in the picturesque valley of Symonds Yat.


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For those of you who might not have caught it yet, the Shaman Q & A is out HERE . Go ahead and take a look, there is some interesting answers there. Lets talk a little bit about some of whats there, I'll try to keep it focused on things that affect us as healers.
Ghost crawler opens up with explaining what makes the shaman class unique, and I tend to agree with him. We are a unique hybrid in the fact that we can throw out healing while melting faces without having to shift forms like a druid would have to do and we can change those roles faster then a Paladin can. He also talks about how we are the ying to the paladin yang. We are in many ways the anti paladin.
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As envisioned from the start, shamans were also the "offensive†hybrid. Things have inevitably blurred a bit since then, but they are still a counterpart and complement to paladins – paladins have cleanse, shamans have purge; paladins will let an ally move freely to escape or catch an opponent, shamans will snare an enemy to let their ally escape or catch him or her; paladins will make sure their allies' casts aren't interrupted, shamans will interrupt enemy casts; and so forth.
It's true, just think about it. We are balanced in many ways to work against a paladin, but with each faction now having both classes, we stack up in a weird and awesome synergy with them.
Next point of interest is the discussion of totems. The question was asked Are there plans to look at totems in general, the way they are managed, their uses, and their benefits in the future? I'm very happy to say the answer was yes, there are plans and the first thing mentioned is the ability to drop all four totems on one GCD! When I saw that I'll be honest, I almost did a lap around the block from sheer excitement. As any experienced raid healer will tell you, it often boils down to effective use not only of your heals, but of your Global Cooldowns. This will free up three seconds of cooldowns (totems have a one second GCD) That's another heal, or a faster heroism, or if you're on melee totem duty three seconds more to get your rear out of harms way. The other important note about this is since they are looking at abilities to drop all four totems on one cooldown it means they will have to continue working on the totem UI. While I appreciate the Totem timers blizzard built into the game, it still pales in comparison to mods like Totem Timers and Yata. I'm excited to see how they are going to balance this change as well as update the game's UI for this.
Beyond this the discussion also talked about the mechanics and possible further consolidation of totems, and there are some very interesting ideas in there. There was talk of removing buff totems and replacing them with spells (which as a shaman who is constantly supplying wind fury totem to melee I can certainly appreciate this idea) and making all the totems do something active like Healing Stream Totem. The idea of possibly letting you carry an active totem around on your back was also tossed around. GC continues on to talk about consolidation of totems (magma and fire nova potentially being combined as an example) as well as some hitting the chopping block (bye bye sentry totem). Most interesting is the talk about possibly using any Fire or Earth totem as an anchor point for Elementals. Personally I think that's a fantastic idea and one I hope they fully explore. It's hard to chose between that little extra damage from the fire elemental or keeping up Flame Tongue / Totem of Wrath.
There was also mention about our health pools. If you didn't notice we have the lowest base health pool out of any of the classes. According to GC and crew they will be looking at this for 3.2. This will be good for us on those fights (like Hodir with frozen blows) where we see our health drop like a rock and have to quickly heal ourselves before we use our Aggro Dump.
After talking about totems and our health pools, the topic of PvE healing comes up.
GC says:
I know there is some concern about Restoration shamans losing their healing niche of area damage. We think that perception might exist in Ulduar just because recent talents, glyphs, and set bonuses have all propped up things like Lesser Healing Wave over Chain Heal. Chain Heal is still quite useful in some situations and with different gear in the next couple of tiers, we expect to see more shamans going back to it. We don't want to see them return to just using Chain Heal as was the case in much of Burning Crusade. We do think Restoration shamans are at the risk of running out of mana perhaps more than any other healer right now, and in fact the seemingly unlimited mana in some healers is what leads to Chain Heal getting stomped on by other big heals. This is a problem we plan on addressing.
Well that's refreshing. He goes on to say;
We want Restoration shamans to be a strong group healer with the option of focusing on a single target with Lesser Healing Wave as needed. Restoration shamans have two distinct healing styles now that they can shift between, and we want to preserve that. We don't want to return to the Sunwell era, where 95% of healing came from Chain Heal. It's just a boring play style. (And yes, paladins, we hear you.) We suspect that with a new totem or set bonus that propped up Chain Heal a little more, you'd see it getting a lot more use. We're cool with that. It's fun when you upgrade your gear from tier to tier and it actually pushes you into a slightly different play style.
I can honestly say I'm ok with that. Like I said in my post about Chain Heal I don't think we're broken or that the spell stinks, but I do agree that it needs tweaking to be competitive. I'm perfectly fine with them addressing it through gear be it totems or tier set bonuses. It's a great way to balance out the spell without reworking the whole mechanic of it. It is a great spell and I adore my lazer beam of love. It's iconic and distinct and has one of the coolest spell effect sounds ever (turn your volume way up and listen. Rolling thunder ftw!). On the other hand I love our new spells and abilities too. I love having heals and abilities that are synergistic and having the ability to pop out of raid healing to get some single target loving in. I'll be honest, I hated the mindlessness of Shaman healing in BC in the end game, I like my variety I just want to be able to keep up in hard modes.
The last item I'll talk about is something they touched on in the PvP section but I think will have an effect on PvE as well. When asked Are there any other considerations in store for improving overall performance for shaman in PvP encounters (whether in Arena or in Battlegrounds)? GC replies with
Mobility is a big problem. One of the designers described casting shamans the other day as "turrets,†which is very apt. You sit and spin and shoot (or heal). We need to get shamans some more mobility, and we have some ideas for how to do that without just giving everyone Blink.
Well, this is true for PvE as well. Think about fights like Hodir, lots of movement where we have to stop long enough to push out our healing. He's right though, we are turrets. Like survival hunters, give us a nice warm spot to sit where we don't have to move and watch the healing fly. I'd love to see a bit more mobility added to the class (maybe something like a hunter's readiness so we can use Natures Swiftness quickly).
All in all it seems like we'll be getting some much needed love. I'm hopeful and the Q&A helped keep me there. I look forward to the changes to totems and I really look forward to seeing how they address our burst AE healing.
What do you guys think? Think things will work out? Think we're doomed?
Till next time, Happy Healing,
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Israel's Housing Ministry has invited bids for 1,500 new homes in Jewish settlements across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, reports said on Thursday. The release of the tenders come as a direct response to the formation of the Palestinian unity government on Monday.
Israeli Housing Minister and member of far the right Jewish Home party Uri Ariel
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as "a proper response to the establishment of the Palestinian terror cabinet." Ariel added that the planned housing is "just the beginning."
The decision to further expand West Bank and East Jerusalem settlements comes at a time when Israel is undoubtedly feeling vulnerable. Calls from Israel to the international community to refrain from recognizing the newly formed unity government have not had the desired force, as the European Union, the UN and the US have all committed to continue working with the new technocratic Palestinian government.
Israeli Minister of Communications and Home Front Defense Gilad Erdan stated that the American's have demonstrated "naivety," and that "any collaboration with Hamas- which kills women and children- is unacceptable."
During a visit to Lebanon on Wednesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry defended the decision to recognize the unity government, stating that Abbas has "made clear that this new technocratic government is committed to the principles of non- violence" and to "recognizing the state of Israel."
A statement from the European Union welcomed "the appointment of a government of independent personalities." In addition, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon announced his support for the unity government with a spokesperson stating that the "United Nations has long underscored the need for progress towards Palestinian unity."
It was only a matter of time before Israel put its rejection of the unity government into action, however the timing could have positive consequences for the Palestinian cause. The creation of 1,500 new homes can only serve to highlight Israel's continuing disregard for international law.
The retaliation comes at a time when international attention is focused on Palestine and the new Palestinian unity government. The UN, the US and the European Union have condemned illegal settlement expansion. A move so blatant could just be the beginning of the end for Israel's plans to further their grip on Palestinian owned land.
In fact, just this afternoon, rumors began to fly that the PLO will appeal to the UN Security Council over Israel's latest settlement endeavors.
"The executive committee of the PLO views this latest escalation with the utmost of seriousness," Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the committee, said in an English-language statement Thursday afternoon.
The executive committee "will counter it by addressing both the United Nations Security Council and the General Assembly as the proper way of curbing this grave violation and ensuring accountability," she said.
Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat furthered Ashrawi's sentiments in a interview with AFP, saying: "It's time to hold Israel accountable in from of international organization sin light of international law…Those who fear the international courts should stop their war crimes against the Palestinian people, first and foremost of which is settlement activity."
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Alright. I think I'm really beginning to warm up to this color, folks. I talked about
the color not too long ago right here and I'm back to the issue again. I guess when you see it used
so well, how could you not like the color? In this case, it's got more red, almost pink
and looks so good in this bedroom. I still doubt that I could implement it in my own home
as long as I have wall to wall nasty, (also known as carpet) but it's something to file
away for when we move someday.
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I'm beginning to warm up to purple. I'm realizing that I love red too much and have decided to warm up to purple...I'm currently using this wonderful batik throw I bought in Australia. That dash of color seems to have completely changed the mood of our bedroom.ReplyDelete
I was just about to say that I died over the rug but I hadn't read all of your post yet!!ReplyDelete
Love the kilim and the purple is beautiful. I still have yet to use it in my own home though...ReplyDelete
I hate me some purple, but I can almost tolerate the lovely warm shades of plum you have up here.ReplyDelete
Style-ha, ha! Ok, relieved you can tolerate this version, phew!ReplyDelete
Lovely home and the dash of purple looks nice.ReplyDelete
like the decoration idea :) and the kangaroo :)ReplyDelete
Just found my way here via the seventy tree. You have a great blog! And I love your Christmas tree :)ReplyDelete
LOVE purple....lovely images!ReplyDelete
Don't think I have ever really used purple in my home, but this is beautiful! I am bound to like anything so long as the walls and floors are whitewashed. It's my weakness. :)ReplyDelete
i could totally tolerate it if those top 4 photos were my home.ReplyDelete
I love those all! Especially the kilim rug! Where is it from?ReplyDelete
ANd the one in bed (in the last picture)
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Relying on new tools that combine molecular biology, computer technology and robotics, L'Oréal has arrived at new knowledge of the skin's aging mechanisms.
The genomic revolution
For over 10 years, L'Oréal has turned its efforts to the study of the way genes are expressed in the skin and hair, by acquiring tools called "omics". These techniques, which combine molecular biology, computer technology and robotics, made it possible in 2001 to decode the human genome (all the information in the genetic code). L'Oréal's researchers have applied these techniques to the aging of the skin and hair, by establishing veritable catalogs of cellular signatures that are characteristic of cells, their conditions and their responses to different kinds of stress.
Each skin has its own molecular signature
In collaboration with the Saint Louis Hospital in Paris and the CHUL in Laval, Quebec, L'Oréal's researchers made a number of interesting discoveries related to the genetic expression of different skin cells. They were able to show that molecular signatures exist (proteins that are characteristic of young skin and of aging skin) and they selected active ingredients capable of providing aging skin with the protein content signature of younger skin. Another observation: in cases of mechanical aggression, the activity of the genes in younger and older skin is similar, but while it takes 5 hours for younger skin to "repair", it takes 30 hours for older skin to do so! Thus, aging is in particularly a result of accumulated aggressions that have not been adequately repaired. This work resulted in two innovations: the serum Génifique by Lancôme, launched in 2009, followed by Code Jeunesse by L'Oréal Paris in 2010.


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I have a JTable that is updated via a bunch of JTextField. As the user types, the JTable gets updated based on what they typed. I am getting an issue where the JTable display seems to crash when one specific field is getting updated. Basically, the first two and a half columns just turn into a white rectangle effectively and when I scroll down it is all white and when I scroll back up the rest of the table has been covered in that white.
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Every year researchers at U.C.L.A. do a survey of incoming college freshmen. These surveys, conducted over four decades now, show how the life cycle has changed over the past couple generations.
This first thing you see from this and similar data sets is that high school has gotten a bit easier. In 1966, only about 19 percent of high school students graduated with an A or A- average. By 2013, 53 percent of students graduated with that average.
The grades are higher even though, for many, the workload is lighter. As late as 1987, nearly half of high school students reported doing at least six hours of homework a week. By 2006, less than a third of all students reported doing that much work. In 1966, 48 percent of students said they sometimes showed up late to class. By 2006, more than 60 percent of students said they sometimes showed up late.
If the high school world is lax, that changes when the college admissions process starts. It's not only that college admissions are more competitive; students begin to be haunted by fears about their job market prospects.
If you go back and read oral histories conducted in the 1950s and 1960s, you'd be amazed by how benign the labor market seemed back then. People would announce that they were moving to a new city and assume they'd be able to find decent work after they got there.
That image of a benign job market is pretty much gone (as expectations about what constitutes a good job have risen). Even incoming college freshmen seem to fear they will not find lucrative and rewarding work. Harsh economic thinking plays a much bigger role in how students perceive their lives. Their parents feel that anxiety even more acutely.
In the first place, they are very conscious of how much college costs. In 1974, 77 percent of students enrolled in their collegiate top choice. By 2013, only 57 percent were able to. Cost is a very important factor in why students decided to stay away from their favorite school. Second, they saw college much more as job training than students before. In 1976, 50 percent of freshmen said they were going to college in order to make more money. By 2006, 69 percent of freshmen said that. Since 2005, the number of students who say they are going to college to get a better job has spiked upward.
Their overall values change. In 1966, only 42 percent of freshmen said that being well-off financially was an essential or very important life goal. By 2005, 75 percent of students said being well-off financially was essential or very important. Affluence, once a middling value, is now tied as students' top life goal.
As the drive to compete intensifies, other things get streamlined away. In 1966, 86 percent of college freshmen said that developing a meaningful philosophy of life was essential or very important. Today, less than half say a meaningful philosophy of life is that important. University of Michigan studies suggest that today's students score about 40 percent lower in measures of empathy than students did 30 years ago.
I'm not sure if students really are less empathetic, or less interested in having meaning in their lives, but it has become more socially acceptable to present yourself that way. In the shadow of this more Darwinian job market, it is more acceptable to present yourself as utilitarian, streamlined and success-oriented.
Psychologically, the effect of all this is complicated. In 1985, only 18 percent of freshmen said that they felt overwhelmed by all they had to do. By 2013, 33 percent said they felt overwhelmed. In 1985, 64 percent of students said they ranked in the top 10 percent or at least above average in terms of mental health. But today, students admit to being much more emotionally vulnerable. They also declare low levels of spiritual self-confidence.
At the same time, one gets the sense they are trying to armor up, in preparation for the rigors to come. They assert their talents. They rate themselves much more highly than past generations on leadership skills, writing abilities, social self-confidence and so on. For example, in 2009, roughly 75 percent of freshmen said they had a stronger drive to achieve than their average peers.
Human nature hasn't changed much. The surveys still reveal generations driven by curiosity, a desire to have a good family, a good community and good values. But people clearly feel besieged. There is the perception that life is harder. Certainly their parents think it is harder. The result is that you get a group hardened for battle, more focused on the hard utilitarian things and less focused on spiritual or philosophic things; feeling emotionally vulnerable, but also filled with résumé assertiveness. The inner world wanes; professional intensity waxes.


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Lions fans haven't seen the last of Jim Schwartz and Nate Burleson.
Schwartz, now the Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator, will face his former team in the final preseason game at Buffalo on Aug. 28.
Burleson, who signed this week with the Cleveland Browns, will line up against his former teammates in the preseason opening game.
None of the Lions' preseason games will be on national television.
The Lions preseason looks like this with dates and times to be announced:
— Week 1 vs. Cleveland Browns at Ford Field. It will be 13th straight season the teams have met in the preseason.
— Week 2 at Oakland Raiders will mark second time in three seasons they have met in the preseason.
— Week 3 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars at Ford Field will be the first time the two teams have met in the preseason since Aug. 10, 1995, at the Pontiac Silverdome.
— Week 4 (Aug. 28) at Buffalo Bills. The two teams have matched up in preseason finale each year since 2002.
Announcing the NFL preseason schedule is like an appetizer that whets the palate for the main course.
The NFL announced the preseason schedule on Wednesday and is expected to release the regular season schedule within a week or two.
The Lions' regular season opponents are known.
Also one game is set. Detroit will be the road team playing the Atlanta Falcons at London's Wembley Stadium on Oct. 26. The Lions' bye weekend will be Nov. 2, the weekend after they return from London.
Other road games will be at the Carolina Panthers, Arizona Cardinals, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers.
Games at Ford Field will be against the New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Giants, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Bears, Packers and Vikings.
They will play either the Bills or Dolphins in the traditional Thanksgiving game..
The Lions started their offseason workout program this week, their first under coach Jim Caldwell.